Communion-service cabinet.



J. HOWARD. commumow SERVICE-CABINET.

APPLICATION FlLED FEB. 10. I917.

atented J uno 4, 1918;

JEWELL nowARn, or srnarroen, TEXAS.

coivrivrunion-snnvrcn CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June a, 1918.

Application filed February 10, 1917. Serial No. 147,919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEWELL HOWARD, a citizen of the United States residing at Stratford, in the county of herman and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Communion- Service Cabinets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art'to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a communion service cabinet, and has for its primary object to produce a cabinet of this character by .Which a communion service may be quickly and noiselessly served simultaneously to all of the communicants.

With this object in view, my invention consists in the improved construction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafter fully described, and afterward specifically claimed.

In order that the construction and operation thereof may be readily comprehended, I have illustrated an approved embodiment of my invention in the accompanyin drawings, and will now proceed to fully escribe the same, having reference to said drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a cabinet constructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2, a vertical, longitudinal, sectional view on the plane indicated by the broken line 22 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 3, a vertical, transverse, sectional view on the plane indicated by the broken line 33 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4., an enlarged, fragmentary, sectional view on the plane of Fig. 3.

Similar characters of reference are used to denote like parts throughout the accompanying drawings and the following de-- scription. u

Referring more particularly to the drawings, it will be seen that my novel construction of communion service cabinet consists of a back wall 1 and a front wall 2, which is of a height less than the back wall and is connected thereto by end walls 3. The back wall 1 is designed to be attached to the back of a pew a by suitable fastening means such 'as screws or the like 5.

As shown the communion box is of rectangular construction, in this instance, and is provided with a suitable cover 6 that is hingedly connected to the rear wall 1 as indicated by the numeral 7. The cover 6 is hinged to the rear wall. at a point slightly above the front wall so that when it is arranged in closed position, it will lie at an inclination to the front and back walls. In order that the cover may be closed noiselessly a strip of felt 8 is attached to the under cir cumferential edge of the cover and is designed to engage the upper edges of the front and end walls 2 and 3 respectively.

In order that the cover may be held and maintained either in a closed or raised position, I provide a resilient leaf sprin 9 that is attached to the back wall 1 and is (isigned to engage cut away or flattened portions 10 at theinner edge of the cover, the rear wall being cut away as at 11 to permitthe leaf s'pring to yield rearwardly in raising or lowering the cbver. The communion box is provided with a horizontally disposed shelf 12 which is provided with a series of openings adjacent its rear edge in which are removably positioned wine glasses 13, this shelf being further prbvided with a series of indentations 14 adjacent its forward edge and arranged in transverse alinement with the wine glasses 13, and arje each designed to contain a loaf of bread. a'

As clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, the front and back walls are continued beyond the opposite ends 3 and are connected at each end by an end wall 15 to provide a pocket 16 designed to contain ofi'ertory envelops. The pocketlfi is closed at its lower end by a bottom wall 17.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that with the use of communion services of this character'attached to the back of the pews and arranged throughout the church, that a communion service can be given simultaneously, quickly and noiselessly to all of the communicants, pockets being provided at each end of each service whereby the communicants can deposit the envelope containin their offerings.

lVhat I claim is:

As a new article of manufacture, a communion service cabinet comprising a box, a shelf disposed horizontally within said box and formed adjacent to its rear Wall with a In testimony whereof I have signed my series of openmgs to recelve Wine glasses, name to thls specification 1n the presence of sa1d shelf belng also provlded With a serles two subsorlblng ,Wltnesses.

of indentations corresponding in number JEWELL HOWARD. 5 with the Wine glass openings and in posi- Witnesses:

tions in front thereof, and a cover for said ROYAL Pnribnn'ron,

box. JOHN HEUSER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents eaeh, by addressing the Commissioner of Eatents,

Washington, D. C. 

